Thorold, Ontario

Double Rolling Lift Bridges over the Flight Locks

This is one of the most interesting spots along the Welland Canal, the section called “The Flight Locks”. Three consecutive locks drain into each other raising or lowing ships about 200 feet in total. There are 8 locks along the canal that by-passes Niagara Falls allowing ships to travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

Right at the end of the flight locks is a very busy double track main line, and this crosses the twin locks on two rolling lift bridges, with a small section of track in the centre of the two locks. On a busy day there is lots of ship and train traffic and is very interesting to watch.

Of course in the last few years lots of fences have shown up making this once great transportation watching spot less and less accessible. Except for this spot. Don’t tell anyone.

Do you see the guy on the ship waving?

-Tim

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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 07-03-2007 | 10:07 AM
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